I don't know which "thermal imaging" case you're referring to, but I am troubled by police using helicopters to find grow houses using thermal imaging and then getting a warrant to search the place.
Every time there's a new technology it seems the police want to jump on it. Crime levels have been falling. Yet we're spending more money on policing. This is the case in many major cities. Our city wanted to cut back our Fire service so the Cops could get a larger cut. If the police want to fight fires too, be my guest, until then stop invading on our privacy and turning our nice, (relatively) peaceful society into a police state. Its not like any appreciable increase in police or crime fighting technology has or will demonstrably deter or reduce crime.
If I didn't know any better, it seems like the media (still) buys into this idea of intense paranoia it is being sold to by government and private industry. It reminds people that there might be a terrorist on their plane. If there's no security the plane will blow up and you'll die. If there's 1000x more security, no terrorist, but the plane might still crash. Or, I'm willing to bet, 99.999999999% of the time you'll land safe and sound.
This whole article sounds to me like profiteering.
will cruise through the light blue security corridor with little more than an ID check, while those guided through the yellow 'Enhanced' corridor will be subjected to an array of iris scans and sensitive contraband detectors.... Feeling guilty? Got something to hide? A team of UK-based researchers claim to have developed a thermal lie-detection camera
"the world's first ever dog clone, has bought a new breed of super-sniffers"
Hmmmm.... there;s 3 new growth industries right there. Iris scan, dector, the camera. These enchanced corridors will be built by some government contractor on a no-bid contract. Training these new dogs - the DEA and company will ask for budget increases.
I don't live in the US. If you guys ever implement this, I'm staying out of the US. I'm not going to fly to a country where I have to board an American plane and go through DHS inspection.
If our food, our homes and our cars were to go through this much scrutiny - are the airplanes REALLY checked very often? - then we'd be a lot safer. This is BS and everyone here knows it.
Fox Sports once had the glowing hockey puck. Many Canadians were upset at the idea because we are bigger hockey fans than the US. So maybe if American networks implement the glowing hockey pucks again, Canadians will have football broadcast with glowing footballs! I don't know if this will ever extend to other sports. Golf would be my main complaint. Just don't show Tiger's balls glowing!
Many kids today are inactive and do everything to play sports. School is an environment to grow, learn, play and socialize. Sports seems to fit this very well.
A colleague of mine at work said their 8 yr old son was sent home from school on Halloween, because their outfit was 'too scary'. The parents got a letter and other kids were apparently dismissed. He had a mummy or vampire costume mom had made him.
I don't have kids yet. It seems odd that the generation that grew out of having hippie pot smoking, acid dropping, heavy metal parents to their kids who, like myself, grew up listening to and enjoying even crazier music and exposed to more sex, drugs and alcohol are the same that are deeply offended by 'scary' Halloween costumes or kids playing sports at school.
I live in Toronto and compared to what goes on in the rest of the city, playing with your (or other people's) balls should be the least of parents' concerns. (pun intended),
I don't know that a beating like that deserves the parent to be killed.
It does seem though that there is a reason he is hitting his 16 yr old *daughter* like that. Its a power trip and he even gives a hint he is enjoying it several times from what he is saying.
OTOH, if it was his 16 yr old *son* it would be a different story. I'm in my 30s now but I know that at 16, if my dad hit me like that I would have dropped him like a rock. Then again, my dad was too kind and I love him. He never abused me let alone spank me very much. I was also a good kid. But in a fit of rage like that, I would defend myself.
Manufactures have lead times to make new computers. Courts take time to process a suit or probably even rule and enforce an injunction. The rulings will presumably need to be made in each country: US, EU, Canada, Japan, etc.
Let's say this is a Microsoft conspiracy to lock out any OS other than Windows 8 onwards from booting on a brand new PC and court finds them guilty just before or after Wndows 8 launches. If not MS is guilty then some HW manufacturer or the OEM.
There's going to be a boatload of inventory piling up and nowhere to ship and sell it. The market will still end up getting flooded with several million PCs in various countries both for Corporate desktop and consumer. The OEMs are going to complain about stock piling up and needing to sell it. And people already bought PC will keep it. One way or another MS will end up winning with millions of PCs that cannot install anything other than Windows 8.
Charging money to someone for your billable time might be an interesting way to get around the issue. Your own time is valuable. You may decide to charge a different amount at any time which might coincidentally correspond with the price of you item on Craigslist.
Example: I have an interesting table with a great history. I would like to tell you all about it. If you pay me a minimum of $100/hr (rate negotiable)., I would be more than happy to tell you all about it. If you are so inclined, you may also take the table after hearing its the history lesson.
Quick and easy tip to increase storage space on a budget: buy the 3.5" model and punch a hole in the top corner. When the first side is full flip over the disk and use the other side. You will need to periodically flip the disk over and make note of what side contains the data you want.
I own a BB and a Playbook. The Playbook, BTW, i bought at 50% off with bonus accessories.
The BB is good as a cell phone. But OS 6 release (i upgraded my phone), has been crap. Some stuff is major improvement like faster browser but there are many bugs. Since I'm regrettably on contract, I'm considering buying an iPhone 3 and using that instead.
As for the Playbook, its got a really nice screen, responsive, good feel. And thats about it. I'm using it as an ebook reader - I read a lot of PDFs and the eink readers are too slow. The Acrobat reader its bundled with is utter shit. And there are so few 3rd party apps, I'm really hoping BB does an Android compatability. I like using it even with the crappy ebook reader (I know there's the Nook app) and I'm optimistic new releases of OS improves things.
And I feel for the BB and Playbook devs. Probably low sales volumes = high price for app. But seriously, most apps are $30+ in the BBWorld store. Ugh.!
I'd agree. I might even consider bringing up a case with the Canadian Privacy Minister.
They've fought with FB on several occasions and I think FB had to change their ways not just for Canadians but the impact was global or North America wide or similar.
I've lived in a few different cities and I know a few people I'd like to keep in contact with. I think I could probably reconnect with others from college and so on.
I keep reading about new privacy problems with FB every week either on/. or some other site. FB also changes rules or way that info is used (like this).
I can see tremendous (or possible) benefits of using FB. But I'm creeped it by the sort of stuff I'm reading about here.
My other concern is there is someone with the same name as me (and my real name is not common) who had some fairly serious criminal charges. I would hope having a good FB profile would at least help me separate myself from this person.
And I know without digging around much there's quite a bit of stuff (all positive) about me in FB. Just from hanging out with friends all who are active on FB.
I just wonder.... is it worth it anymore? Has anyone felt more benefits than negatives?
For better safety while driving an electric car, I recommend humming your music instead of listening to the radio, getting manual controlled windows instead of electric and only drive in daytime to avoid having to turn on headlights. It might sound silly, but the last thing you want to have happen is to die in an accident - at night in the summertime because your car stalled trying to roll down the window since it was too hot and turning the radio to hear your latest hits of Mozzart CD.
The President even said we'll find the guy who did it. Not much more high profile than that.
The media made a frenzy as soon as the police found a suspect or rather a list of suspects. One of them was a hero - tried to clear others away after spotting a suspicious package. Found not guilty. Still suffers from serious harm to his reputation. I'm not mentionning the name if only to avoid another Google link to his name and the incident. I hope this would help him out. A recent interview on television just this year (15 years after the incident) and he says it still effects him - the way others view him, financial problems....
Place a milk jug on one of those Got Milk? posters on your balcony. You'll soon find some milk from an alternative source to use for delicious cereal, coffee and baked goods.
Reply to my post and let us/.'ers know how it tastes. Since you almost have first post, you should have first taste.
I'm doing just that right now actually for other reasons. Wether or not this conspiracy is true or not - if it is true than its just icing on the cake to have switched.
Fact: the Engineers and programmers did more to keep the company profitable than anyone else. You can't live as a company without great products. Apotheker did nothing to keep the company profitable. Fire Apotheker and promote the best Engineer* to CEO. HP fixed.
*I don't work for HP, in case someone thought I would be promoting myself.:)
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I don't know which "thermal imaging" case you're referring to, but I am troubled by police using helicopters to find grow houses using thermal imaging and then getting a warrant to search the place.
Every time there's a new technology it seems the police want to jump on it. Crime levels have been falling. Yet we're spending more money on policing. This is the case in many major cities. Our city wanted to cut back our Fire service so the Cops could get a larger cut. If the police want to fight fires too, be my guest, until then stop invading on our privacy and turning our nice, (relatively) peaceful society into a police state. Its not like any appreciable increase in police or crime fighting technology has or will demonstrably deter or reduce crime.
If I didn't know any better, it seems like the media (still) buys into this idea of intense paranoia it is being sold to by government and private industry. It reminds people that there might be a terrorist on their plane. If there's no security the plane will blow up and you'll die. If there's 1000x more security, no terrorist, but the plane might still crash. Or, I'm willing to bet, 99.999999999% of the time you'll land safe and sound.
This whole article sounds to me like profiteering.
will cruise through the light blue security corridor with little more than an ID check, while those guided through the yellow 'Enhanced' corridor will be subjected to an array of iris scans and sensitive contraband detectors. ... Feeling guilty? Got something to hide? A team of UK-based researchers claim to have developed a thermal lie-detection camera
"the world's first ever dog clone, has bought a new breed of super-sniffers"
Hmmmm.... there;s 3 new growth industries right there. Iris scan, dector, the camera. These enchanced corridors will be built by some government contractor on a no-bid contract. Training these new dogs - the DEA and company will ask for budget increases.
I don't live in the US. If you guys ever implement this, I'm staying out of the US. I'm not going to fly to a country where I have to board an American plane and go through DHS inspection.
If our food, our homes and our cars were to go through this much scrutiny - are the airplanes REALLY checked very often? - then we'd be a lot safer. This is BS and everyone here knows it.
Fox Sports once had the glowing hockey puck. Many Canadians were upset at the idea because we are bigger hockey fans than the US. So maybe if American networks implement the glowing hockey pucks again, Canadians will have football broadcast with glowing footballs! I don't know if this will ever extend to other sports. Golf would be my main complaint. Just don't show Tiger's balls glowing!
You have very specific hypothetical examples.....
Hey! I see what you did. You're sneaking a very favorable /. review of Slashdot into your comment.Clever.
The mods should be more careful. I suspect you might be one of the spammers. You have 2.5 minutes to respond.
I was hoping someone can convince CarrierIQ to pay the millions of smartphone users that have the software installed on their phone.
If I were to find this software on my phone, might it generally be a violation of the Terms so I can opt out of the contract?
Many kids today are inactive and do everything to play sports. School is an environment to grow, learn, play and socialize. Sports seems to fit this very well.
A colleague of mine at work said their 8 yr old son was sent home from school on Halloween, because their outfit was 'too scary'. The parents got a letter and other kids were apparently dismissed. He had a mummy or vampire costume mom had made him.
I don't have kids yet. It seems odd that the generation that grew out of having hippie pot smoking, acid dropping, heavy metal parents to their kids who, like myself, grew up listening to and enjoying even crazier music and exposed to more sex, drugs and alcohol are the same that are deeply offended by 'scary' Halloween costumes or kids playing sports at school.
I live in Toronto and compared to what goes on in the rest of the city, playing with your (or other people's) balls should be the least of parents' concerns. (pun intended),
I don't know that a beating like that deserves the parent to be killed.
It does seem though that there is a reason he is hitting his 16 yr old *daughter* like that. Its a power trip and he even gives a hint he is enjoying it several times from what he is saying.
OTOH, if it was his 16 yr old *son* it would be a different story. I'm in my 30s now but I know that at 16, if my dad hit me like that I would have dropped him like a rock. Then again, my dad was too kind and I love him. He never abused me let alone spank me very much. I was also a good kid. But in a fit of rage like that, I would defend myself.
F-that. I want a lightsaber. This will be money well-spent.
Manufactures have lead times to make new computers. Courts take time to process a suit or probably even rule and enforce an injunction. The rulings will presumably need to be made in each country: US, EU, Canada, Japan, etc.
Let's say this is a Microsoft conspiracy to lock out any OS other than Windows 8 onwards from booting on a brand new PC and court finds them guilty just before or after Wndows 8 launches. If not MS is guilty then some HW manufacturer or the OEM.
There's going to be a boatload of inventory piling up and nowhere to ship and sell it. The market will still end up getting flooded with several million PCs in various countries both for Corporate desktop and consumer. The OEMs are going to complain about stock piling up and needing to sell it. And people already bought PC will keep it. One way or another MS will end up winning with millions of PCs that cannot install anything other than Windows 8.
LOL. This post is priceless.
Charging money to someone for your billable time might be an interesting way to get around the issue.
Your own time is valuable. You may decide to charge a different amount at any time which might coincidentally correspond with the price of you item on Craigslist.
Example:
I have an interesting table with a great history. I would like to tell you all about it. If you pay me a minimum of $100/hr (rate negotiable)., I would be more than happy to tell you all about it. If you are so inclined, you may also take the table after hearing its the history lesson.
Quick and easy tip to increase storage space on a budget: buy the 3.5" model and punch a hole in the top corner. When the first side is full flip over the disk and use the other side. You will need to periodically flip the disk over and make note of what side contains the data you want.
Agreed.
I own a BB and a Playbook. The Playbook, BTW, i bought at 50% off with bonus accessories.
The BB is good as a cell phone. But OS 6 release (i upgraded my phone), has been crap. Some stuff is major improvement like faster browser but there are many bugs. Since I'm regrettably on contract, I'm considering buying an iPhone 3 and using that instead.
As for the Playbook, its got a really nice screen, responsive, good feel. And thats about it. I'm using it as an ebook reader - I read a lot of PDFs and the eink readers are too slow. The Acrobat reader its bundled with is utter shit. And there are so few 3rd party apps, I'm really hoping BB does an Android compatability. I like using it even with the crappy ebook reader (I know there's the Nook app) and I'm optimistic new releases of OS improves things.
And I feel for the BB and Playbook devs. Probably low sales volumes = high price for app. But seriously, most apps are $30+ in the BBWorld store. Ugh.!
I'd agree. I might even consider bringing up a case with the Canadian Privacy Minister.
They've fought with FB on several occasions and I think FB had to change their ways not just for Canadians but the impact was global or North America wide or similar.
I've lived in a few different cities and I know a few people I'd like to keep in contact with. I think I could probably reconnect with others from college and so on.
I keep reading about new privacy problems with FB every week either on /. or some other site. FB also changes rules or way that info is used (like this).
I can see tremendous (or possible) benefits of using FB. But I'm creeped it by the sort of stuff I'm reading about here.
My other concern is there is someone with the same name as me (and my real name is not common) who had some fairly serious criminal charges. I would hope having a good FB profile would at least help me separate myself from this person.
And I know without digging around much there's quite a bit of stuff (all positive) about me in FB. Just from hanging out with friends all who are active on FB.
I just wonder .... is it worth it anymore? Has anyone felt more benefits than negatives?
For better safety while driving an electric car, I recommend humming your music instead of listening to the radio, getting manual controlled windows instead of electric and only drive in daytime to avoid having to turn on headlights. It might sound silly, but the last thing you want to have happen is to die in an accident - at night in the summertime because your car stalled trying to roll down the window since it was too hot and turning the radio to hear your latest hits of Mozzart CD.
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A police offier geneally yells police shows up in a flashing lights and a badge implies the police are there.
This guy just runs up on the group and starts to pepper spray them all. He doesn't say who he is or why he's there.
I don't blame them for wanting to run over the dude with a car.
This superhero dude doesn't seem to give a shit.
Look at the Olympic Park Bombing in Atlanta. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing
The President even said we'll find the guy who did it. Not much more high profile than that.
The media made a frenzy as soon as the police found a suspect or rather a list of suspects. One of them was a hero - tried to clear others away after spotting a suspicious package. Found not guilty. Still suffers from serious harm to his reputation. I'm not mentionning the name if only to avoid another Google link to his name and the incident. I hope this would help him out. A recent interview on television just this year (15 years after the incident) and he says it still effects him - the way others view him, financial problems ....
If the clock don't tick, then you must acquit!
Place a milk jug on one of those Got Milk? posters on your balcony. You'll soon find some milk from an alternative source to use for delicious cereal, coffee and baked goods.
Reply to my post and let us /.'ers know how it tastes. Since you almost have first post, you should have first taste.
Sure those are great benefits. Does not excuse treating your employees like shit. Just sayin'.
I'm doing just that right now actually for other reasons. Wether or not this conspiracy is true or not - if it is true than its just icing on the cake to have switched.
Fact: the Engineers and programmers did more to keep the company profitable than anyone else. You can't live as a company without great products. Apotheker did nothing to keep the company profitable. Fire Apotheker and promote the best Engineer* to CEO. HP fixed.
*I don't work for HP, in case someone thought I would be promoting myself. :)